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BUDAPEST, Hungary — Tibor Benedek, a three-time Olympic water polo champion who captained and later coached Hungary, has died.
When I was 20, journalists would ask me what I would do when I retire from waterpolo.!
Tibor Benedek hailed from and acting family, with both his father and grandfather making their mark on theatre stages. Tibor, however, was destined to succeed on a different stage.
Due to spinal problems as a child, Benedek started swimming, but soon switched to water polo. He won successive junior championships and, as a teenager, played in the junior national team, and in 1989, became Junior European Champion.
Melbourne, AUSTRALIA: Hungary's Tibor Benedek (R) looks for a corner of the net as Canada's Kevin Mitchell (L) attempts to block during the.In 1990, when just 18-years-old, he made his senior international début and won the bronze medal at the World Championships the following year. At the age of 20, Benedek participated in the Barcelona Olympics and became the tournament’s top scorer with 22 goals.
With his club side, Újpest, Benedek won four national championship titles, the LEN Cup in 1993, and the Champions League a year later.
In 1993 and 1995, he won silver medals with the national team at the European Championships. Although the Hungarian team missed a medal at the Atlanta Olympics, Benedek was again the
